Spencer Weisz of Seton Hall Prep (23); goes for the layup defended by Morgan Dixon of University High School; during the 2012 Essex County Tournament Finals.Jerry McCrea/The Star-Ledger

PLAYER TO WATCH

Spencer Weisz has done it all for Seton Hall Prep this season. The 6-5 guard leads the team in points (196), 3-pointers (20), rebounds (92), assists (54) and steals (41) to help push the team to a 9-2 record and a No. 11 ranking in The Star-Ledger Top 20.

In Thursday's 68-59 win over Irvington, the Princeton-bound Weisz recorded his first career triple-double with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Over his last three games, Weis has hit nine 3-pointers and has accumulated 59 points, 26 rebounds, 20 assists and 10 steals.

TEAM TO WATCH

Weequahic's 7-2 start is an example of strength in numbers.

No one on the Newark school is averaging as much as 11 points per game, but seven different players are averaging five or more. Maurice Odum leads the balanced scoring with an average of 10.1 points. Guard Salhudine Simmons is one of the county's top defenders, averaging 4.9 steals per game to go with a scoring average of 9.3 points.

The unofficial title of best public school in Newark will be at stake Tuesday night as Newark East Side, No. 16 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, is at Newark Tech at 5:30 p.m. It also promises to be a matchup of two of the county's top frontcourts, as East Side pits Ismael Sanogo, Abdul Leiws and William Joyce against Newark Tech's group of bigs led by Tyree Sykes and Kemoko Turay.

Livingston travels to Montclair on Tuesday for a matchup of the top two teams in the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division.

Two of the top teams in the SEC-Colonial Division tip off on Thursday when Newark Central plays at Weequahic at 5:30 p.m.